Christopher Clenshaw

Christopher "Chris" Clenshawis anEnglish television producer, known for serving as the executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders between 2022 and 2025.

EastEnders

In July 2015, Clenshaw joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders as a writer and storyliner, before being promoted to script editor and ultimately story producer, before he left the role in January 2019 to become the producer of the BBC medical drama Holby City. In November 2021, Clenshaw was announced as the new executive producer of EastEnders. Clenshaw took over from Jon Sen, and his first credited episode as executive producer was episode 6497, originally broadcast on 2 June 2022 and featured cameos from Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as part of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations.

During his tenure, Clenshaw oversaw the returns of Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter), Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa), Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman), David Wicks (Michael French), Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton), Mickey Miller (Joe Swash), Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley), Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi), Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves), Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) as a hallucination, as well as the recasts of Amy Mitchell (Ellie Dadd), Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier), Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe), Penny Branning (Kitty Castledine) and Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig), the departures of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and Martin Fowler (James Bye), and lastly, the reintroduction of Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), who returned from the dead after 25 years. In September 2024, it was announced he would step down as executive producer of EastEnders in February 2025, following the soap's 40th anniversary celebrations.